Lotus Date Recorder Umsebenzi Oyintloko: Isijikizelo by Mana Khaloo

Lotus Date Recorder Umsebenzi Oyintloko: Isijikizelo by Mana Khaloo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Ibhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award in Uyilo loBucwebe Competition Category.

IntsimbiUbucwebe· 2023

Lotus Date Recorder Umsebenzi Oyintloko: Isijikizelo

by Mana Khaloo

Client: Anabell Jewelry

Ibhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award Winner in Ubucwebe Category

14,857

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #147109

Visit Site View at A' Design Award Press Release Award Badge

Colors

The Design

About Lotus Date Recorder Umsebenzi Oyintloko: Isijikizelo

Isicatshulwa Sencwadi: I-Lotus Date Recorder sisijikizelo esirekhoda umhla obalulekileyo. Uyilo luthwele amagqabi amancinci angama-31 abamele iintsuku kunye nemifanekiso yesimo se-marquise elishumi elinesibini emele iinyanga. Uphawu lwegolide kwigqabi elinye nakwi-marquise enye lubonisa umhla okhethiweyo, ofundwa ngokujikeleza ngokohlobo lweewotshi. Isijikizelo sityhelwe ngegolide elipinki kwaye silinganiselwa kwi-50 nge-50 nge-2.5 milimitha. Ubume balo bufumene ugqogqo kwiseti yamacici avela kuBukhosi base-Achaemenid, esekwe kuluvo lwe-lotus olucatywe eendongeni ePersepolis. I-lotus yayingumfuziselo wobomi obungapheliyo kwaye yayimela ilanga kunye neenyanga ezilishumi elinesibini zonyaka.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award

Lotus Date Recorder Umsebenzi Oyintloko: Isijikizelo ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo okunikwa imiyilo elungileyo eyanelisa iimfuno zobungcali neemveliso ezilindelekileyo kwimveliso ezicwangciswe kakuhle. Abaphumeleleyo beNtsimbi babonisa ubuchule obukhulu, ubuchule obuphezulu, ukuqonda kwengcali namandla okuyila abayili babo. Lotus Date Recorder Umsebenzi Oyintloko: Isijikizelo iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yimveliso exatyiswa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo esebenzayo neyinto entsha. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lentsimbi le-A' Design Award udibanisa iindlela ezilungileyo kakhulu zemboleko kwaye unezimpawu zobuchwephesha ezifanelekileyo ezidityaniswe nolwazi netalente. Lotus Date Recorder Umsebenzi Oyintloko: Isijikizelo iyahlonelwa ngenxa yenkcukacha yayo kwaye yacwangciselwa ukunika uphuculo lomgangatho wobomi olunceda ukwenza ihlabathi libe yindawo engcono.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The Lotus collection is rare since it records special dates. All the collection's necklaces are similar in their basic form, but they are unique, as they each show a specific date. There are 31 small petals as the days, and 12 marquises to indicate the months. You will be gifted by your own date keeper. A gold marking on the picked petal and marquise corresponds to show the desired date. The date is read clockwise. The recorded date on the pendant shown as the main image is Oct 7th (My Birthday).
Dimensions & Packaging: This gold pendant is rose gold plated in dimension of : length 50 mm x Width 50 mm x Height 2.5mm. The gold piece of jewelry weighs 20 grams, including 30 petal-shaped gems and 11 emerald marquise gems in the size of 8 mm.
Tags: jewelry, date recorder, calendar, pendant, design, lotus, achaemenid, culture, interaction
Production Technology: Pencil sketches,Adobe Illustrator,3D Modeling
Design Challenge: Rearranging the petals in a way to correspond to the number of days and months while keeping the original form of the Achaemenid lotus earrings was challenging , deciding on what colors could be felt more as real lotus flower while representing the Iranian nobility was another challenge.
Research: Spending a long time to find the conceptual aspect and symbolic meaning of the twelve-petaled rosette, it was decided to rearrange the petals in Achaemenid earrings the way that represent the 31 days of a month, and the 12 months of a year in order to be able to record the date of a special event.
Inspiration: The matchless pendant is inspired by the set of earrings from the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, that is now being exhibited in the Louver museum. The shape of these earrings is taken from the twelve-petaled rosette, based on the lotus flower that is engraved on almost all walls in Persepolis. This flower was the symbol of immortality and perpetual beneficence, and also embodies the sun and the twelve months of the year. That had been held by an emperor, as a sign of peace and union and a symbol of Anahita, the goddess of water and wisdom in the ancient Persian empire.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2019 in Shiraz/Iran. The first production of the collection in silver was exhibited in Mehregan Exhibition, Tehran/Iran in Oct 2019.
Operation Flow: I personally believe an intelligent design is about creating an art that stays in mind. Having a magnificent symbolic background, the lotus pendant tells a meaningful story of time.
Image Credits: Image #1: Mana Khaloo, Lotus date recorder , 2022
Image #2: Mana Khaloo, Lotus date recorder , 2022
Image #3: Mana Khaloo, Lotus date recorder , 2022
Image #4: Mana Khaloo, Lotus date recorder , 2022
Image #5: Mana Khaloo, Lotus date recorder , 2022